WoZ
E521651
WoZ (Wheels of Zeus) was a technology company founded by Steve Wozniak that focused on developing wireless GPS-based tracking devices and related consumer electronics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WoZ canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5451631 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WoZ Context triple: [Wheels of Zeus, alternativeName, WoZ]
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A.
WoS
WoS is a racing-themed video game centered on high-speed car competitions and online multiplayer gameplay.
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B.
Woopi
Woopi is the colloquial nickname for Woolgoolga, a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia known for its beaches and large Sikh community.
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C.
WZ
WZ is the IATA airline designator assigned to Red Wings Airlines, a Russian passenger carrier.
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D.
Wanz
Wanz is an American singer best known for providing the soulful hook on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's hit single "Thrift Shop."
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E.
Woo
Woo is an alternative spelling of the Chinese surname "Wu," commonly borne by people of Chinese heritage around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WoZ Target entity description: WoZ (Wheels of Zeus) was a technology company founded by Steve Wozniak that focused on developing wireless GPS-based tracking devices and related consumer electronics.
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A.
WoS
WoS is a racing-themed video game centered on high-speed car competitions and online multiplayer gameplay.
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B.
Woopi
Woopi is the colloquial nickname for Woolgoolga, a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia known for its beaches and large Sikh community.
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C.
WZ
WZ is the IATA airline designator assigned to Red Wings Airlines, a Russian passenger carrier.
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D.
Wanz
Wanz is an American singer best known for providing the soulful hook on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's hit single "Thrift Shop."
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E.
Woo
Woo is an alternative spelling of the Chinese surname "Wu," commonly borne by people of Chinese heritage around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct company
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technology company ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Gatos, California ⓘ |
| businessModel | hardware plus subscription service ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy | Alex Fielding ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| focus |
location-tracking consumer products
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wireless GPS-based tracking devices ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
ⓘ
linked to:
Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak ⓘ |
| foundedInDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| fullName | Wheels of Zeus ⓘ |
| goal |
create a network of location-aware devices
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help people keep track of important items ⓘ |
| industry |
GPS tracking
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consumer electronics ⓘ wireless technology ⓘ |
| nameInspiredBy |
Steve Wozniak nickname "Woz"
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linked to:
Steve Wozniak
|
| notableFor | early consumer GPS tracking solutions ⓘ |
| notableFounderRole | Steve Wozniak served as chief scientist ⓘ |
| productType |
GPS tracking tag
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location-aware consumer device ⓘ wireless base station ⓘ |
| regionServed | North America ⓘ |
| shortName | WoZ ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| targetMarket | consumer market ⓘ |
| technology |
GPS
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short-range wireless communication ⓘ |
| websiteStatus | offline ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WoZ Description of subject: WoZ (Wheels of Zeus) was a technology company founded by Steve Wozniak that focused on developing wireless GPS-based tracking devices and related consumer electronics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.